"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>> I gave away my chest freezer when I moved interstate so only have a small
>> fridge and freezer. Anything that comes in a container or packet I take
>> out then I divide what I took out into meal sizes. If I had a pizza in a
>> box I would toss the box and cut the pizza into serving sizes and freeze
>> it. I freeze just about everything I buy in the meat line as soon as I
>> get home from the shops. I don't buy in bulk anymore like when I had 4
>> kids at home and a deep freeze but doing it the way I do it now works for
>> me. If I get 6 chops I put 3 in a freezer bag and 3 in another. That way
>> there is no waste.
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> I think she likes the concept of pizza. I mean it's always being
> advertised on TV and such. And people talk about eating it. But when it
> comes right down to it, I don't think she really likes it. I hated the
> stuff as a kid. My parents used to complain that when we went out for
> pizza, they had to get my food from McDonalds. So to me, pizza must have
> been really vile because I hated the food at McDonalds, except for the
> fries. I did like those, but could never get as much of them as I wanted.
> If I did get them, they were rationed. We would get one portion (I think
> they came in one size in those days) and split it four ways.
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> Only after I began to venture out and was able to try different kinds of
> pizza did I realize that I didn't necessarily hate it, although I still
> don't really like it. My parents only ever got sausage and black olives
> in those days. I can't stand greasy sausage and I don't like olives on a
> pizza. I actually don't like any vegetables or meat or anything other
> than cheese on a pizza. Unless it is a Taco pizza and I don't think
> that's really Italian.
>
> So perhaps she will never eat that other half of the pizza.
>
> As for the meat, I generally don't like dealing with it once it has been
> frozen. I always forget to take it out to defrost. I have tried to
> defrost it in the microwave but that never seems to work very well. The
> ground beef is okay once frozen, so long as I cook it ahead of time.
> Really only shaves a few minutes off of the cooking time though. Now I
> did like those pre-cooked patties I bought, but I haven't seen them since.
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> I really must stop buying the big packs of meat though. Neither of us is
> a big meat eater. I should probably just make vegan/vegetarian meals at
> home and save the meat for when we dine out.
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>> I can rarely fit ice cream in the fridge. I have my bread frozen because
>> I don't eat it quickly enough, I have a large bag of walnuts in there
>> pluse the flattened out meat in their portions. I don't need boxes or
>> packages anymore to know how to cook something but I mostly have just
>> meat in there and on the odd occasion something that came boxed that the
>> kids like.
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> I go through nuts like crazy. I get them at the health food store. They
> keep them in their freezer there, packaging them only as needed. They are
> always fresh and the price is good. As for bread, I don't buy it often
> any more. Not for me anyway. I did try it in the freezer but don't like
> what the freezer does to it. It's okay for toast, but then I rarely eat
> toast.
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> Angela's bread comes hermetically sealed. I can get it in 2 slice
> packages. I wish they would do regular bread that way. Would be perfect
> for me! The whole loaves which I also buy are usually good for a year or
> two after I get them. The slices are good for a few months at least. I
> keep them in a thick plastic lidded bin in the garage.


When I shop at Sam's club, (we don't have a costco here) I always repackage
any meat into portions I can use. I also do that with other things I buy
there too.

We have a big upright freezer in the basement, and a small freezer in my
kitchen side by side fridge. One shelf in the kitchen freezer is only for
bread. We like to keep several kinds on hand. If I didn't freeze it, it
would almost always go bad very quickly. We just don't eat a lot of bread.

I have nearly stopped buying meat at Sam's club because they sell Perdue
chickens which I always thought were pretty decent. Now I get fresh
natural chickens from a local store and the taste is so fantastic it is like
eating a whole different bird. I will NEVER buy perdue chicken again.

Their chopped meat is really disgusting, even if you buy the 90 percent
lean. It always has so many pieces of gristle and little bits of bone in
it, and the meat itself is tough and tasteless, even though it is ground.
So I might buy a pot roast or some steaks there, as those are usually OK,
but not much else.

When I buy beef from the local natural place, it is also like a whole
different animal. The flavor is incredible and I have never once found any
gristle or bone bits.

The one kind of meat I do buy at Sam's is the ground turkey. I buy huge
packages of it because that is the one kind of meat I feed my dogs that
doesn't give them any digestive upsets. I cook it up with a little water
in a gigantic pot and then freeze it in big plastic containers. One
container usually lasts us almost a week since each dog gets about a half a
cup of cooked ground turkey in with their kibble.

I started making meatballs with the ground turkey, for us. Believe it or
not, I like the ground turkey meatballs better than the ones I used to make
with ground beef! It makes a wonderful mellow tomato sauce too! I
haven't made turkey chili yet, but I am going to try.

--

Evelyn

"Even as a mother protects with her life her only child, So with a boundless
heart let one cherish all living beings." --Sutta Nipata 1.8